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> "Why Europe Trails U.S. In High-Tech Innovation"
> In terms of technological investment and development, Europe is
> lagging behind the United States mainly for political reasons,
> according to European Union research chief Philippe Busquin.
> Europe is composed of multiple markets, all of them competing ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item1
> 
> "U.S. Government Trains Cyberdefenders"
> Students that receive computer security scholarships in exchange
> for government service are expected to help boost cybersecurity,
> but critics such as Computer Economics' Michael Erbschloe do not
> see the program making any significant impact.  For one thing, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item4
> 
> "High-Tech Firms Vie to Fight Terrorism"
> The federal government is inundated with proposals from
> technology companies that would battle terrorism if given the
> chance.  Since the Sept. 11 attacks and the tremendous budgetary
> increases President Bush has put forward for his war on terror, ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item5
> 
> "On a Search Mission to Outdo Google"
> The Teoma search engine, which premieres today, is designed to
> give Google a run for its money as the Web's most effective
> search service.  Teoma, developed by Rutgers mathematics
> professor Apostolos Gerasoulis, claims it is better than Google ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item6
> 
> "Plan to Change Internet Group Is Criticized as Inadequate"
> Virtually no one has disagreed with ICANN President Stuart Lynn's
> assertion that ICANN is in need of reform, but many have
> disagreed with his reform proposal, especially because the
> proposal aims to exclude public representatives from the ICANN ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item7
> 
> "DMCA Still Faces Its First Criminal Test"
> Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, charged with violating the
> Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for distributing the
> advanced eBook processor (AEBPR), may have had his prosecution
> deferred, but his employer, ElcomSoft, still faces trial.  ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item9
> 
> "Stallman: Patents Victimize Developers"
> GNU Public License writer Richard Stallman declared in a speech
> at the Cambridge University Computer Lab that patents are a
> serious threat to software developers.  He compared them to the
> lottery in that the benefits to people are rarely realized, and ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item10
> 
> "W3C to Open SOAP Envelope"
> Increasing the sophistication of Web services is the mission of
> the World Wide Consortium's Web Services Architecture Working
> Group, which is tasked with drafting a Web services deployment
> architecture.  Issues the group will address include widening the ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item11
> 
> "Pretty Geeky Privacy"
> Encryption software is highly desirable for people who want to
> protect sensitive data online, but companies such as Network
> Associates are not updating their encryption products, forcing
> users to look for alternative means of protection such as Gnu ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item12
> 
> "Teens Skilled in Technology will Shape IT's Future"
> The next generation of IT talent, many still teenagers, have
> several advantages over their non-IT-oriented brethren:  They
> have a wider range of technological experience and use technology
> more often.  RoperNOP Technology's mKids survey of 1,000 U.S. ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0401m.html#item17
> 
> "Judge Weighs Dismissal of Charges in Digital Copyright Case"
> Federal District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte listened to
> arguments from both sides concerning a request to dismiss charges
> brought against Russian software company ElcomSoft for violating
> the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by selling an e-book ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0403w.html#item1
> 
> "Stealth P2P Network Hides Inside Kazaa"
> Brilliant Digital Entertainment disclosed in a federal securities
> filing that it has been developing a peer-to-peer network using
> technology bundled with Kazaa software.  All machines that use
> the Kazaa software can act as nodes--provided Brilliant has their ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0403w.html#item2
> 
> "Linux App Writer Wows Skeptics"
> IBM's SashXB scripting language is gaining acceptance from Linux
> developers who initially expressed doubt about its potential.
> SashXB allows people with even a basic knowledge of programming
> to build Linux applications with simple languages such as ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0403w.html#item12
> 
> "Quantum Cloning Nears Perfection Limit"
> The principle of quantum cryptography is that any attempts to
> precisely copy quantum information would destroy the original and
> give the copier away.  But Oxford University's Antia
> Lamas-Linares leads a group which reports in Science that they ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0403w.html#item13
> 
> "Dot-DNS Could Be the First Step to Loosen ICANN's Grip on Net"
> When ICANN President Stuart Lynn declared ICANN broken, many
> ICANN critics who believe that ICANN favors corporation and
> trademark-owners agreed.  The emergence of .com as a commercial
> domain has led to multiple conflicts over domain names, such as ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0403w.html#item14
> 
> "Rising Internet Anxiety"
> As the economic power the of Internet expands, the issue of
> Internet governance is becoming more and more important, and the
> choices increasingly complex.  Under current rules, if ICANN
> meets certain conditions, the organization will gain sole control ...
> http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2002-4/0403w.html#item17



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